Category Archives: Tournament Review

Avalon M, the Dutch Melee qualifier for the European Smash Circuit, took place on October 3 at the usual Avalon venue, “De Patio” in Zoetermeer. Being the first Avalon dedicated solely to Melee, the tournament quickly drew the attention of the European Melee community and hit its attendance cap of 128 players in a week […]

EVO is by far the most important annual event for the fighting game community, having grown to a spectacular size since the humble beginnings in 2002. Although Smash is traditionally grassroots and features many events throughout the year with most of the relatively small top in attendance, there is no comparison to the stage EVO […]

Last weekend the ninth edition of the Avalon tournament series took place, featuring Melee and Smash for Wii U. Registration for this event opened up only two weeks in advance, due to TO Marc traveling Asia for a few months with limited online resources. Despite this, the event capped out in a record time of […]

The European Smash Circuit (ESC) kicked off with a bang last weekend near Paris at HFLAN Melee edition. Previous editions of HFLAN have always included Smash but this weekend marked the first time the entire event was dedicated to the Smash games. While Melee was the main event, there were also side events for Smash […]

He might not have won the tournament but it’s safe to say LLL.Jeapie won the crowd at Super Nebulous 3 (SN3) in New York last weekend by the time he made top 8. While commentators Prog and HomeMadeWaffles debated whether to pronounce his name as Jaapie or Jeepie and eventually settled on Yung Jaap, his […]